SOMERSET — Karen Doyle’s home style is a mishmash of eras and decades, a splash of colors and a variety of materials, all expertly plucked from antique shops and thrift stores and then placed joyously into just the perfect spot.

Her Brayton Avenue home is a buffet for the eyes, and one that will be featured in a six-page spread in Country Sampler magazine, destined for store shelves on Tuesday, March 4.

“I’m thrilled,” Doyle said. “It’s wonderful to be acknowledged.”

Doyle is a trained artist and interior designer and a member of the town’s Historical Commission. For the past 24 years, she’s run Brayton Homestead Interiors from her home, where she enjoys country style and makes for the perfect setting for her favorite things.

In her kitchen there are antique jars, hand-painted eggs, a much-used bean pot and country pillows, all offset with modern red small appliances that pop on her black countertop.

“I find something I like and I have to have it,” Doyle said. “But my favorite things will always be my favorite things.”

The setting is rustic with a built-in hearth and beehive oven which she rescued from behind a knotty pine wall a couple of years back. The floor is wood and painted into brick and black squares. The walls are white painted brick with some areas exposed, mixed with new beige hues and knotty pine around the hearth.

The kitchen is one of the newer rooms in her historic home. It was added to the house about 60 years after the Brayton homestead was built in 1796. Prior to kitchens becoming all the rage in those days, the cooking was done in the main room, today’s living room, where the home’s original hearth is located.

Doyle has preserved the home’s history as much as possible, even putting up with old windows that let in a quite a draft.

“I’ve always loved old houses,” Doyle said. “There’s been a lot done to keep it old.”

Each room in her three-story home is fashioned into her style. In the mourning room — where those in the 18th century waked their dead — she displays an old wooden shoe rack from New Bedford that dates to the 1800s. For storage purposes, she placed 1950s metal office baskets on its shelves. Comfortable leather furniture fits nicely in the room.

Antiques, according to Doyle, “make for a room that’s very inviting.”

As a designer, she incorporates antiques into her design scheme if the client is a fan of older furnishings. First and foremost, she makes a room functional, then adds decor and personal belongings.

Page 2 of 2 - “I like things from all eras,” Doyle said. “The 1800s is my favorite era. It’s when utilitarian items became more decorative.”

Country Sampler magazine became interested in Doyle’s home after viewing photos on her blog. Doyle said a home stylist visited her home and took shots of many of her rooms.

“It was awesome,” Doyle said. “I was promoted as an artist. I liked that angle. I’m fortunate to have a great career.”